# NTSB LAX72FUJ72: Washburn VP-1, N3470, Chandler, AZ, February 18, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 18, 1972
- Place: Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUJ72
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUJ72

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0330  72/2/18    CHANDLER,ARIZ       WASHBURN VP-1       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0930                    N3470               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 36, 2110 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STELLAR CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHANDLER,ARIZ               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- UN GAIN ALT,ENG UNDER POWERED.DIDNT RET TO FLD.LND ACROSS FURROWS IN PLOWED FLD.FIRST FLT OF ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3470](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3470-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 19482734, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WASHBURN VP-1
- Registry model: [US Parachute Serv. VOLKSPLANE VP-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/us-parachute-serv-volksplane-vp-1) (registry code 0562097) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stellar City

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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